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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M24843
People
Jan van de Velde II, Dutch (Rotterdam(?), Netherlands 1593 - 1641 Enkhuizen, Netherlands)
After Willem Pietersz. Buytewech, Dutch (Rotterdam, Netherlands 1591/92 - 1624 Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Title
The Quacksalver
Other Titles
Alternate Title: The Quack
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/238152

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 23.1 x 21.8 cm (9 1/8 x 8 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: I. v. Velde. fe.
  • inscription: bottom edge of plate, black printer's ink, engraved in plate, Latin and Dutch, in artist's hand: Populus vult decipi. T'volck wil bedroghen.
  • inscription: bottom right corner above line of Latin and Dutch, black printer's ink, engraved in plate, in artist's hand: I. v. Velde fe. / WB Inve.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Unidentified Owner, (2161), Sale. May 18-23, 1908

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/ii
Standard Reference Number
H. 136

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Light-Outerbridge Collection, Richard Norton Memorial Fund
Accession Year
2000
Object Number
M24843
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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